Package-tie.



G. W. STOUT.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED 020.30.1915.

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G. W. STOUT.

PACKAGE TIE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. I915.

Patented June 26, 1917.

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GEORGE W. STOUT, 0F TRENTON, NEW JERSEY.

PACKAGE-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgnt gdl J mg 2&5, 191'? Application filed December 30, 1915. Serial No. 69,408.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE W. STOUT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Trenton, in the county of Mercer and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Package-Ties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the in vention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention has for its object to provide an efiicient package tie providing means whereby a cord, or other flexible tie may be reliably secured in position about the pack age or other article Without causing any appreciable wear to the cord.

Another object is the provision of a package tie embodying a base or body plate and a handle carried thereby, the handle being so constructed as to constitute means for securing the free end of the cord.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter specifically described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 represents a plan view of the package tie applied to use,

ig. 2 represents a longitudinal sectional view on the line 22 of Fi 1,

Fig. 3 represents. a modification of the in vention,

Fig. 4 represents a still further modified type of the package tie,

Fig. 5 represents a perspective view of another modification of the package tie applied to use, and

Fig. 6 represents a plan view of the type of ackage tie illustrated in Fig. 5.

eferring to the drawings in detail, wherein similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 8 indicates the base or body plate of the package tie, which may be formed of metal, fiber or other suitable material and is preferably rectangular in shape and provided adjacent one end with an aperture 9 adapted to receive one end of a cord or other flexible tie 10, having a knot 11 therein to prevent the cord from being drawn through the aperture 9. The end of the body plate 8 opposite the aperture 9 is provided with a centrally located longitudinal extension 12, constituting a handle.

Thesideedges 13 of the handle 14: are inwardly converging and the adjacent end of the body plate 8 and the inner extremity of the converging edges 13 are formed with recesses 14?.

One of the longitudinal edges of the body plate 8 is formed with a recess 15 adapted to receive the cord 10. The recess 15 extends lnwardly and is inclined toward the handle 12. The central portion of the body plate 8 is formed with a longitudinally elongated opening or slot 16, which communicates with a transverse slot or throat 17 extending inwardly from the longitudinal edge of the body 8 opposite the recess 15.

In use, the cord 10 is looped two or more times about the package or other article 18 and'the body plate 8 is laid flat upon the top of the package, the knot 11 being disposed under the plate and the adjacent portion of the cord extending over the upper surface of the body plate and through the slot 16. The free end 19-of the cord is slipped through the throat 17 and into the slot 16, extending across the upper surface of the plate 8, downwardly in the left hand recess 14 under the body and up through the diagonal recess 15, over the upper surface of the body plate and being finally looped and knotted about the inner end of the handle 12, as indicated at 20, so as to prevent the loops or coils from enlarging andv subsequently slipping upon the package tie. In this position, it is clearly evident that the cord is effectively prevented from moving longitudinally upon the package tie and consequently loosening upon the pack age 18. When desired the knotted end 11 of the cord may be slipped in the slot 16, extended through the aperture 9 and tied in the manner above described. The cord may be quickly and conveniently slipped into or removed from the slot 16 by slipping it through the throat 17, and the arrangement of the throat with relation to the slot insures against the cord accidentally slipping through the throat when said cord is loosened. For tying an extra large pac age requiring a long cord, the knotted end of the cord is slipped through the slot 16, the knot being disposed on top of the plate 8.

The modification of the package tie illustrated in Fig. 3 is similar to the one illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 and includes a body plate 8, having a handle 12 at one end formed with inwardly converging side edges 13 and an opening 9 in the end opposite the handle 12 for receiving the knotted end of the cord 10. The central portion of the body plate is formed with a longitudinal opening 16 communicating with a throat 17 to facilitate insertion of the cord in the opening or slot 16" and one longitudinal edge of the plate is formed with an oblique recess or slot 15 corresponding to the recess 15 in the type of package tie illus trated in Figs. 1 and 2. In the type of package tie illustrated in Fig. 3 the recesses 14 disclosed in the package tie illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2 is eliminated and in lieu thereof a recess 1 1 is formed in the end of the body plate in parallel relation to the recess 15 The arrangement of the cords with relation to the tie is substantially the same as in the type of package tie illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2, and, therefore, a detailed description of the manner of use of the device will not be given.

Referring to Fig. 4:, wherein a further modification of the invention is illustrated, the numeral 21 indicates the body plate of rectangular formation, having a. handle 22 projecting laterally thereof and provided with inwardly converging side edges 23. The end of the body plate 21 opposite the handle 22 is formed with a throat 24, com-v municating with the central portion of an elongated opening 25 adapted to receive a cord or other flexible tie, which latter may be anchored in an aperture 26 formed in the body plate 21 adjacent one end of the opening 25. The edges of the body plate 21 are formed with right angularly disposed recesses 27 adapted to receive the cord to assist in securing the latter in position upon thepackage tie.

Referring to the modification of the invention illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6 the numeral 30 indicates a body plate of circular formation having an outwardly directed handle 31 provided with inwardly converging sideedges 32. The plate 30 is formed adjacent the handle 31 with a radially disposed recess 33. At a point substantially diametrically opposite the recess 33 the plate 30 is formed with a cord-receiving aperture 3 1, in which is received the cord or other flexible tie 35. On opposite sides of the aperture 3 1 are formed substantially parallel slots or recesses 36.

In using the type of package tie illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, the cord 35 is looped the desired number of times about the package 37' and the plate 30 is laid upon the top of the package, as clearly illustrated in Fig. The free end portion of the cord 35 is passed through oneof the recesses 36, along the upper surface of the plate 30,through the recess 33, under the plate 30, up through the other recess 36 and the free end thereof is extended between the inner extremity of the recess 36 and the inner extremity of the handle 31 and is looped several times about the relatively small inner end of said handle, a knot 38 being formed in the cord to prevent theloops disposed about the handle 31 from loosening.

' hat I claim is:

As a new article of manufacture, a plate for the purpose described comprising a comparatively wide major portion and a projection extending from the major portion and resting in the plane of the-longitudinal median line thereof; the major portion beingprovided with a transverse aperture, and being also provided in its edge with three separated open-mouth kerfs; two of the said kerfs being disposed adjacent to the said projection and at opposite sides of the said median line, and the third kerf being arranged comparatively remote from the projection and adjacent to the said transverse aperture.

In testimony whereof Iv aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE w. sroUT.

Witnesses M. I. LEWIS, BENNETT I. JoNEs.

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